AP PHOTOS: 2023 was marked by coups and a Moroccan earthquake on the African continent
by Krista Larson
Dec 04, 2023
3 minutes
Reports of gunfire in the capital, followed by a television announcement that the president has been deposed by mutinous soldiers. The increasingly familiar storyline unfolded again this year in Africa — first in Niger and then in Gabon.
The resurgence of military coups renewed concerns about democracy backsliding on the continent and also underscored shifting regional alliances at a time when international peacekeeping efforts waned.
Two thousand twenty-three also brought
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